Reflector attachment.



J. J. HOOVER & W. WHITFIELD.

REFLECTOR ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3, 1912.

1,083,895, Patented Ja11.6, 1914.

1.1.1] .Hooyev & WiLliam Whitfield abhor/wags ITED STATESZATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH J. HOOVER AND WILLIAM WHITFIELD, OF STEUBENVILLE, OHIO, ASSIGNORSTO THE NATIONAL REFLECTOR COMPANY, OF CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA.

REFLECTOR ATTACHMENT.

messes.

To all whom it may concern:

the county of Jefferson and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Reflector Attachments; and we do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to lighting fixtures, and more especially tocanopy shades and reflectors; and the object of the same is to produce adevice capable of attachment to an ordinary reflector whereby a seriesof electric bulbs may be mounted over the face of the same and thereflector may be supported from and set at the desired angle to a wallor other upright or to a desk or other horizontal support. These objectsare carried out by employing a light fixture of peculiar constructionfor supporting the bulbs and for attachment to and removal from the edgeof the reflector without detaching the latter from its support. The attachment is made in a manner to be described and claimed hereinafter andas is shown in the drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a rear elevation ofthis device complete attached to a reflector; Fig. 2 is a centralvertical section through the complete device; Fig. 3 is an enlargedperspective detail of a portion of the channeled band and one of thesocket clasps.

In the drawings we have used the letter R to designate an ordinaryconcavo-convex reflector which is silvered on one face and possibly ontwo faces, and B is a boss projecting to the rear from the center of theconvex side as usual in reflectors of this kind.

The present invention is an attachment by means of which a number ofordinary incandescent lights I may be mounted around the periphery andover the face of this reflector and the whole supported at any suitableangle. The lights or ordinary bulbs screwed into sockets S, and fromeach of the latter lead two wires W, all of the wires being joined as atJ to a feed wire F which eX- tends to a plug P capable of being screwedinto an electric light socket in the ordinary house system. No noveltyis claimed for the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 3, 1912.

Serial No. 701,352.

parts thus described and bearing reference Be it known that we, J osnrnJ. Hoovnn and WILLIAM. lVHrrrinLn, citizens of the United States,residing at Steubenville, in

letters, further than that they are used in conjunction with theinvention whose specific details follow.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates a split ring or band which ismade of sheet metal bent into U-shaped cross section, with its ends bentoutward into ears 2 through which passes a screw 3 having a thumb nut atfor drawing said ends together; and this band is made of a size to heslipped over the periphery of the reflector B, after which the thumb nut4 is tightened up to hold it thereon. At several equi-distant pointsaround this hand there are secured to it by rivets 5 or otherwise,tongues 6 forming parts of clasps 6 whereof each comprises a metallicband having outturned ears 7 through which passes a screw 8 receiving athumb nut 9 for drawing said ears together into the form of an annularbody or ring the split side of the ring being disposed opposite itstongue 6 and the point 5 of connection with the channeled band 1 asshown. This much of our invention is by preference made of sheet metal,preferably brass suitably treated as by nickeling or otherwise so thatit conforms with the general appearance of the reflector and is tastefuland ornamental. The channeled band is applied to the periphery of thereflector in the manner set forth, the screws 8 are loosened and lampsockets S passed inward through the clasps 6, after which the screws areset up tight to hold the sockets in place, bulbs or lights I are theninserted into the socket, and the plug at the remote end of the feedwire is passed into the socket of an ordinary electric light system (notshown) and the current turned on. Dividing at the point J, the currentflows to the several bulbs or lights I which become luminous, and asthey stand over the concave face of the reflector their light is givenoff both directly from the filaments and by reflection from the face ofthe reflector itselfhence the latter is caused to project a strong lightin whatever direction desired.

With this improved reflector attachment we preferably employ a supportfor the reflector itself. This comprises a base 10 hav ing a number ofopenings or holes 11 for the passage of screws by which the base may besecured to an upright or to a horizontal support, a stem 12 rising fromsaid base and Patented Jan. 6, 1914. v

turned at right angles as at 13 and threaded at its extremity for thereception of a nut 14, and a clasp by means of which the right angularportion or foot of the stem is detachably and adjustably connected withthe boss B at the back of the reflector. This clasp comprises a band 15encircling the boss and having outturned ears 16, a plate 17 bent at itscenter into an eye 18 surrounding the outturned foot 13 of the stem sothat the two ends of the plate overlie the ears 16 of said band, and ascrew 19 passing through holes in the two ears and registering holes inthe two ends of the plate and receiving a thumb nut 20. Thus it will beseen that this clasp is composed of two parts-one surrounding the boss Bat the back of the reflector and the other including an eye 18 whichsurrounds the foot of the stem rather closely and may be held tightlythereon by setting up the nut 14; and said two parts are adjustablyconnected by means of the screw 19 and thumb nut 20. The base of thestem is attached to any suitable upright or support (not shown) with thestem projecting away from the same, and the band 15 placed around theboss 13 at the back of the reflector; and then by adjusting one memberof this clasp upon the other and the eye 18 upon the foot of the stem,and finally tightening up the thumb nut 20, the reflector may be causedto stand in almost any position so that it will direct the light fromthe incandescent lights I along the line to the point desired.

Vhile we have shown but four lights as carried by the attachment, itwill be obvious that there could be more or less, and it is quitepossible that each lamp socket might have its own snap or switch, sothat one or more of the bulbs could be turned on as desired. Also itwill be obvious that the bulbs might be colored, the current might besupplied thereto irregularly or in pulsation, or other means might beemployed to render this device useful as an advertising novelty forcalling attention to something. But the gist of the present inventionlies in the construction of the attachment by means of which thechanneled band 1 and its clasps 6 can be readily attached to the edge ofan ordinary reflector, if the present form of illumination is employed.It is also quite possible that the supporting feature of this inventionmight be used to carry the reflector and permit its angle to be adjustedfrom time to time, whether the lamps were turned on or not. It is ourpurpose to manufacture and sell these attachments complete and in sizesready to be applied to reflectors of various diameters and such as mayalready be in possession of the customer. The specific details of partsmay be modified so long as the gist of the invention is retained.

What is claimed as new is 1. In a reflector attachment, the combinationwith a band of U-shaped cross section adapted to inclose the peripheryof the reflector, said band being split at one point, and means fordrawing the split ends of the band together; of a series of claspscarried by said band for holding incandescent light bulbs over the faceof the reflector.

2. In a reflector attachment, the combination with a band of U-shapedcross section adapted to inclose the periphery of the reflector, saidband being split at one point, and means for drawing the split ends ofthe band together; of a series of clasps each made of a sheet metalstrip having a tongue at its mid-length secured to said band and havingits body bent into a ring and its extremities outturned into ears, ascrew passingthrough said ears, and thumb nut on one end of said screw,the whole for use as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH J. HOOVER. IVILLIAM WVHITFIELD.

WVitnesses:

J. OscAR NAYLOR, RALPH LEVINSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

